Ayr residents are calling on safety measures to be introduced at the stretch of road where tragic Joan Price was killed.

We told last week how Joan, 59, had been travelling home to Troon last Monday. She died after the accident near the bridge over the River Ayr, which left her Dunaskin Doon Band mate Gillian Kay, 39, hurt.

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“For many years residents said there was something going to happen, and then it did, in February 2011.

“A car going north hit another one and it landed upside down on the grass outside my house in Cloverhill. The people were not badly injured but the other car came right down the embankment, over my road and hit my car.

“Police said that car was doing 60mph when it hit my car.

“I later spoke with the police and John Scott MSP to try and get safety elements such as cameras and barriers as there is nothing.

Joan Price (Image: PA)

“They have got to do something now. You have no idea how fast the cars go past at this section, it’s like a Grand Prix circuit and I want to make sure anything that can happen is done.”

Forehill resident Paul Love, 37, said: “There are no cameras on this stretch and I have been concerned about it for two years.

“The main thing that has brought my attention to it is when I am driving back from Glasgow from work.

“Especially at night racers using the two lanes coming off the Whitletts roundabout and they basically race each other to see who gets to the single lane first.

“I have seen the speed some of them hit and some of the stunts they pull, which is really horrific.